“Life made a woman of me. But I still remember that wild animal who knew nothing” - Anna Drasko’s “Self-portrait as Genderless Thing” Click the link in out bio to find this piece and much more! #chestnutreview #litmag #poetry #selfportrait

“Abuela’s fig tree came with the house, planted by the previous owner—a ghost whose garden still grows.” - “How To Be A Fig Wasp” by Jess Quintero You can find this piece, and many more, in our newest issue, 8:1! #chestnutreview #litmag #prose #figwasp

“This poem reflects my fairly quiet life. Yet there is something about a Black man having a safe, quiet day that is loud and political and loudly political.” - Issac Akanmu on “the one where im a boring movie [...]” Check out Akanmu’s piece in our Autumn 202 issue, 6:2! Link in Bio

Get inspired by one of our excellent 8:1 contributors, John Vianney! See today’s Patreon for a quick prompt using art to create art. #chestnutreview #patreon #art #poetry #prose

For artist Nichole van Beek, nature is both the inspiration and the material for “Slantline on Mountain Laurel, Dolly Sods,” Take a closer look at this gorgeous painting and many more works in our newest Summer 2026 issue available now on our website, linked in bio.

“who made the first fist?” K. Dunn asks. A simple question with not perhaps the simplest answer. This question and many others are posed in our newest Summer 2026 issue just released yesterday! Take a look at this poem and many more works available on our website, linked in bio!

Do you need an affordable option to attend our urban writing retreat in Ithaca, NY, October 2026? See our site or link in bio for the scholarship application. We have only three spots, so please apply as soon as possible for the best chance of receiving this opportunity.

Check out our remarkable contributors in our latest issue—today! 8:1 is out, and we can’t believe our eyes. Scroll through bios of our talented contributors here and on Patreon. #chestnutreview #literarymagazine #poetry #prose #art

Big News: our Summer 2026 Issue (8:1) is out tomorrow! A whole new collection of unforgettable art, poetry, and prose ripe for the viewing will be available on our website tomorrow for free. #chestnutreview #summer #poetry #prose #art

“When I lean against a cocktail table whose old faithful leg finally caves, I say silent thanks that it was me who nearly fell and not the cake that was supposed to be resting there. I would rather break.” #chestnutreview #literarymagazine #litmag

In A Palmful of Light, Audry Coldwell explores what it means to be alive through the eyes of an angel. “My angel, who knows the arc of the universe from beginning to end, was asking me how to save a deer from dying in the road.” #chestnutreview #literarymagazine #litmag #prosereaders #prose

CHAPBOOK SATURDAY! We are celebrating with Mario Aliberto III’s All the Dead We Have Yet to Bury, a flash fiction chap bursting with characters dead and alive. Aliberto III’s stories are masterfully concise, often funny, and always tender. Find All the Dead We Have Yet to Bury on our website.

Take the poll on Patreon today! Let us know what content you want, and we’ll queue it up! #patreon #chestnutreview #writercommunity #writer #creativecommunity

A long weekend in October designed for busy schedules is coming soon. Early Bird registration ends on 6/30. Save money and invest early if you’re ready! Find registration info, FAQs, and itinerary on our site. #chestnutreview #writerretreat #ithaca #newyorkstate #ithacaisgorges

Get your projects in before tomorrow for the chance to be featured in our Autumn 2026 publication! #chestnutreview #litmag #poetry #prose #art

“L is my interrogation of loss and the ache of dislocation. The poem admits its own truth, belongingness, and kinship.” - Wale Ayinla on her piece, “L” Check out “L”and more amazing poetry at the link in our bio. #chestnutreview #poetry #litmag

Adishi Gupta’s digital collage “Look Up” “invites the viewer to resist the attention economy…What would it mean to re-focus and look up at this present moment?” Enjoy a closer look at this wonderful piece and others in our Spring 2026 issue. Available on our website (linked in bio!).

This summer we’d love to unlock paid content here and there to make it accessible for free members who might like to see what’s on the other side.Sign up for our Patreon (for free) to glimpse into the history of chapbooks. Link in bio. #patreon #chestnutreview #chapbooks

Happy Throwback Thursday! In an effort to inspire some peace & calm today, we’re looking way back to our Fall 2019 issue. Villania Wen’s “Song” is an acrylic on canvas piece of simple, beautiful flowers in soft purples. This and all of our other art and written pieces are available on our website

For Adishi Gupta, “one of my biggest motivations behind this piece was to remind people to look up at the big, blue sky every so often". Check out our website to find this beautiful digital collage that invites us to re-focus and look up, as well as other art and writing! (link in bio)

As Tiffany considers life beyond her controlling grandmother’s house, she begins to question what she has been told about herself. “Someone Like Tiffany” by Tina Kapousis is a reminder that expectations can shape who we become. #chestnutreview #literarymagazine #litmag #prosereaders #prose

Zixuan Angel Xin originally wrote “Kissing in Nanjing” as “a contemplation on how my maternal lineage warped and, most certainly, continues to shape how I wrestle with physical intimacy.” Visit our website to read more of Xin’s poem and others like it, linked in the bio!

Happy Throwback Thursday! Do you remember West Texas, by Madelaine Millar? This wonderful landscape, made with watercolor and ink on paper, featured last year in our Spring 2025 Issue, Volume 6:4

Eight, by Emily Rankin, features as the cover of our latest issue! Using layers of color and tangled shapes, Eight explores the intertwined nature of dreaming and wakefulness, memory and reality, and the confusing network of connections we have with one another.

Reading for our Autumn Issue (releasing October 15th) has started! If you’ve made anything in one of these categories: ✏️ Poetry 📸 Flash 📃 Prose 🖼️ Visual Art & Photography 🎨 Mixed-Genre & Mixed-Media Submit it before June 30th for a chance to get into our Autumn 2026 issue and get paid for pub!

Daniel Aôndona’s Litany to the Small gods of Departure explores the promises that compel people to depart in search of something better. It is about the culture of migration and the difficult truth that there are things we carry with us even as we drift away. #chestnutreview #literarymagazine

Happy Chapbook Saturday! Cast Your Longest Shadow by Jad Josey is a chapbook about love, loss, and the difficult movement through grief toward something brighter. #chestnutreview #literarymagazine #litmag #chapbook #poetry

This Throwback Thursday, let’s take a look at Susanne Swanson Bernard’s Valley of the Raven from our Winter 2022 issue, Volume 3:3. #chestnutreview #literarymagazine

Sarah Juma’s Transformer investigates the disparities between the wealthy and the impoverished through the perspective of an event planner caught between proximity and belonging.